Carbon Footprint

My Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint explained ( Youtube)

Carbon Footprint handout

You will need:

1. 2 different colouring pencils
2. The Carbon Footprint Handout.

We will look at our Carbon Footprint under the following headings.

• Dwelling
• Water
• Recreation
• Heating and cooling
• Electricity
• Transportation
• Food
• Waste
• Air Travel
• Consumption

Colour 1: for actions, they are already doing 

Colour 2: for actions that they pledge to undertake in the future

List 5 of the actions you pledge to undertake in the future.

1. To use energy-efficient light bulbs and turn things off every chance I get.
2. To try to bike or walk every chance I get.  
3. To conserve water but remember to shower every day.
4. To conserve energy every chance I get.
5.   To compost and recycle every chance I get.

Inspired Writing

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post today I will be sharing a sentence I have made while we were doing inspired writing. We had to write a sentence that was inspired by one of the pictures that were picked by students. Then we had to create 6 sentences:

1. Write a simple sentence that describes something about the picture.
2. Add adjectives to the simple sentence, to add more detail.
3. Add more language features like similes or metaphors to enhance the sentence.
4. Use topic words directly related to the picture.
5. Use emotive language to create/clarify mood.Lear
6. Paint a clear picture in the mind of my readers and give the reader detailed and specific information.

These were the things we needed to include in each sentence. We also had to highlight which specific subject we were writing. For example, we had to add adjective so that means we have to highlight all the adjectives. 

Here is my writing:

1. The woman stood on the edge of the rock.
2. The woman closely stood at the edge of the large rock.
3. The woman closely stood at the edge of the huge rock and underneath was a river that reflected like a mirror.
4. The woman closely stood at the edge of the radged rock, where the morning sun shone over the brooding mountain where the river was like a mirror and above was various hills. 
5. The woman courageously stood closely at the edge of the radged rock, where the morning sun shone over the brooding mountains where the rive was like a mirror.

The courageous woman, Raine, stood at the edge of the radged rock where she focuses her body and mind, as the time passes by the sun was now shining over the brooding mountains that reflect on the river like a mirror.

This was the picture that I used to write my sentences.

After writing and highlighting the sentences we then had to use an e-asTTle rubric to rate our writing. I think I would be an R5. Because I used emotive language to describe how the woman may have felt, I painted a clear picture in my reader's head about what the picture may look like. 

 

Climate Change and Future

Aim; To look at the different ways we can prevent climate change in the future.

How is sea-level rise going to affect us in NZ

What places will be affected?

Coastal Areas, areas near the sea, beaches, pacific islands.

What else do we need to think about?

The climate, animals, and our homes.

What other places around NZ will be affected?

Places where floods are most common.

What does this do to our drinking water?

It might not be drinkable and it might not be good for our health.

What are the main concerns?

Sea level rising, climate change, droughts, floods, ice cap, melting washing away land.

1.   Sea level rising.
2. Washing Away land

What can we do to prevent climate change?

What can we do?

1. Take up less use of fossil fuels. 
2.  Build a house that will use less energy.
3.  Using public transport, to use less oil for the car. 

Curbing climate change

What is the one, silver bullet solution?

There is no silver bullet solution.

What is the mix of things we need to start doing?

1.   We need to use renewable energy more.
2. Solar heating for buildings for less energy.
3. Walk, run or jog more to use less energy.  

What are 3 others you can think of?

1. Using electric cars or hybrid cars.
2. Fewer fossil fuels.
3. Recycling things. 

Activities:

Carbon Footprint: 

Carbon Footprint explained

Dwelling
Water
Recreation
Heating and cooling
Electricity
Transportation
Food
Waste
Air Travel
Consumption

Colour 1: for actions, they are already doing 

Colour 2: for actions that they pledge to undertake in the future

Ecological Handprint The Ecological handprint builds on the concepts from the Carbon Footprint. We will look at the positive actions of:

1. Transportation
2. Community
3. Consumption
4. Water
5. Food
6. Home
7. Waste

1 Colour: For each action, you are already doing 

2 Colour: For each action, you would like to do in the future

Renewable Energy

Aim: To make a solar-powered oven.

Materials: 

1.  Pizza Box
2.  Tin Foil
3.  Straw
4.  News Paper
5.  Cello Tape
6.  Black Paper or Black Plastic 
7.  Scissor
8. Vivid 
9. Ruler
10. Stick
11. Glad Wrap 
12. Chocolate Biscuit 
13. Marshmallow 

Steps:

1. Assemble a pizza box. 
2.   Cut out a square in the middle of the pizza box, make sure the square flips up as you open it.
3.   Wrap some tin foil around the square you cut out.
4.   Cello tape it to the square cut out.
5. Use some glad wrap on the other side of the cut our square to cover to the square. Make sure it is secured tightly with cello tape.
6.   Put some black plastic paper or black construction paper on the bottom half of the pizza box. Make sure it is cello taped securely.
7.   Then grab some newspaper and roll it up to make a square, use cello tape to attach the newspaper together.
8.  Place the square newspaper on the bottom of the pizza box, on the sides of the black paper.
9. Then grab some chocolate biscuits and marshmallow, put them into a plate.
10. Then place the plate inside the box.
11. Use a straw to hold up the square you cut out. 
12. Place it in front of a window or outside in the sun for the marshmallow and chocolate biscuits to melt.